Table of Contents
1. BEFORE YOU BEGIN....................................................................................................................................................... 4
U
NPACKING
I
NSTRUCTIONS
.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
C
ONTACT
U
S
................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
S
AFETY
I
NSTRUCTIONS
.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
LED
E
XPECTED
L
IFESPAN
............................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
F
EATURES
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
DMX
C
HANNEL
S
UMMARY
............................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
P
RODUCT
O
VERVIEW
....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
AC
P
OWER
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
M
OUNTING
...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
S
TACKING
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
F
IXTURE
L
INKING
............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Data Cabling .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
DMX Data Cable............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Cable Connectors............................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
3-Pin to 5-Pin Conversion Chart ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
S
ETTING UP A
DMX
S
ERIAL
D
ATA
L
INK
.......................................................................................................................................................................... 11
4. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS........................................................................................................................................ 12
C
ONTROL
O
PTIONS
....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
ADAS
O
VERVIEW
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
COLOR
ADO
™
C
ONTROL
Q
UICK
S
ETUP
........................................................................................................................................................................ 12
DMX-512 control without “ID” address .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
DMX-512 addressing with ID address ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
ADAS with ID address ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
COLORcon™ setup............................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Setting the DMX address....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
F
UNCTIONS
........................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Menu Map .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Manual Power ON/OFF ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
DMX512
C
HANNEL
V
ALUES
.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
DMX CONTROL MODE 1...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Important Notes about DMX Mode 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Red, Green and Blue Selection........................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Yellow, Cyan, Purple and White....................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Strobe ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Mode Selection................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
ID address selection......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Module selection .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Effect macro ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
DMX CONTROL MODE 2...................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Important Notes about DMX Mode 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Module selection .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Strobe ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Mode selection ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
ID address selection......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
5. COLORADO™ CONTROLLER ...................................................................................................................................... 21
O
VERVIEW
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
S
ETUP
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
M
ENU
M
AP
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Wash Program ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Effect Program ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Custom Program.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Play Schedule ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Clock ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Schedule ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
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